Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-15
Railroads Robbed.


les has been made ct Pittsburg
Freight Railroad conductors and
brakemen, to the number OF sixty,
were arrested there last Sunday night
on the charge Of systematically
stealing from the freight trains of
which they had charge The steal
ings by thee mp'oyes had been going
on for about two years, and were
principally on the Panhandle road,
between Pittsburgh and Dennison,
Ohio. The company has been pay
ing largely for these lost articles, and
the discovery of the real thieves is a
matter of great interest and impor-
tance
The Pittsburg papers of Monday
give the following, among other of
the many particulars Of the arrests
made:
A GIGANTIC RAID.
The day policemen, part Of the
night force, the detectives, many of
the constables in the city, aud many
persons connected with the city and
county government, were in the line
Detective Coulson headed a portion
of the force that marched toward the
Panhandle track on Try street. Con-
stable P. Murphy took charge Of the
main party that marched up Grant
street. The greater part he led
around to the big railroaders' hotel
kept by A. NJ. Brown on Washing
ton street, above the Union depot,
while smaller detachments were
sent up the hill aud out Penn ave-
nue..
1t was l:l5 o'clock this morning
when the first fruits of the move.
ment were preceptib!e. At that
time Detective CCulsoa and another
officer marched up to the Jail with
two prisoners. Assistant Warden
Gang was on duty and in apparent
readiness to receive his early morn
ing visitors. These first men came
from Try street, and were speedily
followed by others, who came from
the same locality and from Browns
Hotel
The prisoners were all railroad
men, conductors and brakemen. The
scene at Browns Hotel where almost
all the boarders are railroad men, was
very quiet. A crowd OF officers were
on Washington street, few were
scattered along Fountain street, and
Detective Shore and Constable Muir.
ply sat on box at the end of the
long foot bridge and near the Pan
handle Railroad dispatcher's office
A watchman had been impressed in-
to the service and through him the
affair was conducted with all possible
decorum He would be told that a
certain man was wanted and would
disappear in the big door of tie hotel.
When he reached the room of the
man he wanted a knock would waken
the sleeper, and a quiet "fou are
wanted at the dispatcher's office"
would instantly arouse a man who
belongs to a class that is always
ready for duty. When the man
wanted came out Of the hotel he was
unmolested 10 his approach to the
dispatcher's office.
Then Shore and Murphy won Id in
tercept him.
I'VE want you," was the notice
"W hat do you want me foT?" would
be the reply. The answer to this was
always in tone too low to be heard
by any save the officers Then the
prisoner would be handed over to
some OF the waiting men and started
for the county Jail.
Similar scenes were occurring at
other places, and at 2:30 this morn
ing Is men had passed into the jail
and there was nothing to Indicate
when there was to come a stop. The
officers were relicent and absolutely
refused to talk, to say by whose or
!. ders the arrests were made or upon
what charge. At the jail admission
was refused and no one had time to
talk. The men arrested were the
freight brakemen and conductors
employed on the Panhandle Rail
road.
ALL ALONG THE LINE